Venue

Co-located events

The F2F is co-located with OWL: Experiences and Directions 2008 DC workshop. If you attend the F2F, you should really consider attending OWLED as well, as there should be considerable possibilities to interact with real users! We expect to have some part of OWLED be concerned with information related to the OWL WG. Official invitations for F2F attendees can be generated.

Registration and Sponsorship

Clark&Parsia are sponsoring the social dinner.
NIST will be paying for the rooms.

Hotel

WARNING: This is one of the very busiest times of the year in the Washington, DC area. You should make hotel reservations *early*, particularly if you want to stay before or after the F2F, perhaps to get reasonable airline fares from Europe.

The train line from Washington, DC to New York and then on to Boston is the only major intercity train line in the entire US that is reasonable. The line is run by Amtrak. Even so, don't expect a European level of timeliness, although the Acela trains are quite nice and usually on time. If you happen to be on this line (south of Boston), the train will probably be quicker than taking a plane. You could even fly into Newark airport (EWR) and take the train from there (although you have to take a slower train, as the Acela trains don't stop at the airport).

If you need a visa to visit the US, you should act quickly as US visa procedures are still under stress, but then, if you need a visa you probably already know this.